The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
Fender was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his new release People Watching was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role local spots played in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges arising from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from performances in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
Back when Pulp earned the award in 1996 for their album their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she split her prize between a few charities, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the local youth club that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients M People contributed their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our success affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had protected two grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and the second in the city were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "shares" in the properties.
